--- - name: Tar the logs directory archive: path: /home/{{host_remote_user}}/{{ansible_hostname}} dest: /home/{{host_remote_user}}/{{ansible_hostname}}.gz - name: Remove logs directory file: path: /home/{{host_remote_user}}/{{ansible_hostname}} state: absent - name: Fetch logs fetch: src: /home/{{host_remote_user}}/{{ansible_hostname}}.gz dest: /home/{{browbeat_user}}/logs/{{inventory_hostname}}-{{ansible_date_time.epoch}}.gz flat: yes